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  • Simmons still at it on the golf course

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Sep 7, 2016

    WORLAND - Trying to get in as much golf as he can before the first snowfall Worland youth golfer Karsten Simmons played in another leg of the Rocky Mountain Junior Golf Tour in Longmont, Colo., at the Twin Peaks golf club on Sept. 3 - 4. From the start, Simmons was locked in shooting a 72 on day one, 71 on day two for a total of 143 and only three over par. Simmons' score earned him first place but was also the lowest score by any player of all age divisions. Simmons also logged seven birdies fo...

  • Worland golf keeps making positive strides

    Alex Kuhn, Sports Editor|Sep 7, 2016

    SHERIDAN - The golf season is quickly coming to a close and the Worland High School golf team has improved with each week. Members of both girls and boys teams set personal records while competing in the Sheridan Invite at the Kendrick Golf Club in Sheridan on Sept. 1 - 2. On the boys team Jose Galarza (98), Logan Foote (97), James Velazquez (104) and Karter Dunham (122) recorded personal best rounds. For the girls team Katelin Scheuerman finished eighth while teammates Rachael Carver (107),...

  • Wyoming Business Council meets today, Thursday in Worland

    Sep 7, 2016

    WORLAND — The Wyoming Business Council Board of Directors will consider three Economic Development Large Project loans and three Business Ready Community (BRC) grant and loan requests at its Sept. 8 board meeting in Worland. The Business Council board will meet this afternoon for a tour of Worland highlighting economic development projects including Washakie Medical Center, Washakie Development Association, Admiral Beverage and Guardian Flight. Board members will reconvene at 8:30 a.m. this morning at the Washakie Museum and Cultural Center a...

  • Hout Fencing awarded crushed gravel bid

    Tesia Galvan, Staff Writer|Sep 7, 2016

    WORLAND – The Washakie County Commissioners opened five sealed bid packets for crushed gravel at Dry Farm Pit. Out of the five bids, the commissioners, at their meeting Tuesday, accepted a bid from Hout Fencing of Wyoming in the amount of $67,900 contingent of receiving bond approval from the county attorney. Hout Fencing submitted a quote to the commissioner for 10,000 cubic yards (including mobilization, supplies, labor) for $6.79 a cubic yard for a total amount of $67,900. The work consists of 5,000 cubic yards of one-inch crushed gravel a...

  • Resident frustrated with Worland permitting process

    Tesia Galvan, Staff Writer|Sep 7, 2016

    WORLAND – A concerned citizen expressed his frustrations on the Worland City Council on Chapter 24 – Zoning at the scheduled meeting Tuesday evening. Jake Brown, of Worland, expressed concerns over fencing and diagram regulations. Brown said he appreciates the council alleviating residents with the resolution regarding fencing, but he doesn’t know why he needs to do so much to put a deck on his house. He said the front deck doesn’t go past the north or south part of house, but he now has to draw a diagram of his whole property. In order t...

  • Apolonia 'Polly' Muñoz Leyva

    Sep 7, 2016

    Apolonia “Polly” Muñoz Leyva, 74, died Sept. 4, 2016, at the St. Vincent Hospital in Billings, Montana. Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, at Zion Lutheran Church. Bryant Funeral Home will be assisting the family with arrangements....

  • Robert C. "Rob" Kulze

    Sep 7, 2016

    Worland resident Robert "Rob" Charles Kulze, 30, passed away at his home on September 2, 2016. Rob was born on May 12, 1986 in Worland to Ten Sleep residents Paule Marie (Helias) and Theodore "Ted" W. Kulze. Rob was raised in Ten Sleep where he graduated with the Class of 2006. From the time he was young he liked to spend time with his father, and later on with his own son, collecting antique bottles, old license plates, antlers, and arrowheads, He also loved to go fishing. Rob had been...

  • Ruth Helen Spann

    Sep 7, 2016

    Ruth Helen Spann passed away at Worland Health Care, on Sept. 3, 2016, at the age of 99. Ruth was born in Springview, Nebraska on Mar. 28, l917, to Robert and Clara Adkinson. She taught country school in Springview for 7 years. She married Sterling L Spann on June 21, 1943 in Springview. They made their home on the Montgomery Ranch in Manderson. They ranched there until 1954 when they moved to their own farm close by. They had three children, Dee Ann Thorne, Denny Spann, and Dale Spann. While...

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